We'll post the latest scams here.
These examples may help you learn what an Inland Revenue scam looks like.
16 November 2022
Details that show this is a scam:
- It's not from an Inland Revenue email address.
- We do not put refund amounts in emails.
- We do not say 'NZD'.
- The contact details are wrong.
- There are grammar, spacing and punctuation mistakes.
- There's a hyperlink to a form at 'form.jotform.com' - this is not our website, and we do not give you direct links within emails. Instead, we'd ask you to log in to myIR through our website ird.govt.nz
11 November 2022
We have seen an increase in scammers cold-calling business customers. The scammers pretend to be from real businesses and offer savings of up to 50% on tax bills (including small business loans). They may say they are offering discounts because they have vouchers which are about to expire.
The scammer pays the tax bill to us in full and the victim pays the discounted amount to the scammer. Meanwhile, the scammer cancels the payment to us, leaving the victims out of pocket and with a tax bill to pay.
The scammers are using several names including Discount Club/Wel Network/Wel Network Marketing. We will never contact businesses to offer ‘discounts’ on your tax debt. If you cannot pay your tax debt, get in touch with us to talk about your options.
17 October 2022
Details that show this is a scam:
- There's a link supposedly to confirm your return - we'd ask you to log in to myIR through ird.govt.nz
- We do not call ourselves 'New Zealand Taxation Office'.
- Our links will always end in govt.nz
- We will never ask you to make a payment to confirm your card number.
14 October 2022
Details that show this is a scam:
- It's not from an Inland Revenue email address.
- There's a link supposedly to myIR - we do not give direct links in emails. Instead, we'd ask you to log in to myIR through ird.govt.nz
25 August 2022
Details that show this is a scam:
- it is not from an Inland Revenue email address
- we do not call ourselves Inland Revenue NZ Official
- there's typos and strange sentences
- there's a link to supposedly check your details - we'd ask you to log in to myIR through ird.govt.nz
- hovering over the link shows it does not go to our website.
2 August 2022
Details that show this is a scam:
- IR will never send an unverified link in a text. All our links will include govt.nz
7 April 2022
Details that show this is a scam.
- Not from an Inland Revenue email address.
- Includes a refund amount which we never do in email.
- There's typos.
- There's a hyperlinked button to supposedly log in to myIR. We'd ask you to log in to myIR at ird.govt.nz.
- When hovering over the link it shows it does not go to our website.
Details that show this is a scam:
- it is not from an Inland Revenue email address
- the logo is not visually correct
- there is a link to supposedly update your contact details. We'd ask you to log in to myIR through ird.govt.nz
- hovering over the login link shows it does not go to our website
- there is no sign off at the end of the message.
Details that show this is a scam:
- It is not from an Inland Revenue email address
- there's a hyperlink to supposedly view a message about your tax information. We'd ask you to log in to myIR through ird.govt.nz
- hovering over the hyperlink shows it does not go to our website.
